Database Driven Web Sites Study Guide

0-619-05499-9 © 2001 Publish date: February 16, 2001 160 pages

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Course ID: database-driven-web-sg

Do you want to learn about web sites with a database component but lack the free time to commit to a lengthy course? The Database Driven Web Sites study guide is the perfect choice because it is one of our self-paced computer training books.

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By following this program, you will learn about Web-Database Processing, Microsoft Access, Structured Query Language (SQL), HTML, Web servers such as Personal Web Server and Internet Information Server, Visual Basic 6.0 for creating Web-based database applications, client-side scripts, server-side scripts, and compiled Web Server programs.

The Database Driven Web Sites courseware delivers high-quality content in an easy-to-follow format. Each unit is clear, concise, and written in plain English. Course activities and exercises further your learning and reinforce the concepts presented in the book.

It will take you about five days to go through the training at a typical pace but feel free to proceed at a pace that is comfortable for you.

Course Contents

Unit 1 introduces Web-Database Processing

• An overview of the World Wide Web
• An overview of databases
• An overview of dynamic Web pages

Unit 2 discusses Microsoft Access

• An overview of relational databases
• How to create tables and insert data

Unit 3 goes over an overview of Structured Query Language (SQL)

• How to create database queries
• Performing queries on multiple tables
• Using SQL to work with data

Unit 4 discusses an overview of HTML

• Working with basic HTML tags
• Working with tables in Web pages
• Working with hyperlinks

Unit 5 covers Web servers

• Introducing the Personal Web Server
• Referencing files on a Web server
• Personal Web Server versus Internet Information Server

Unit 6 discusses working with Visual Basic 6.0 for creating Web-based database applications

• The Visual Basic 6.0 interface
• How to create a Visual Basic database application
• Using Visual Basic with a database
• Displaying a Visual Basic program

Unit 7 covers client-side scripts

• HTML forms and scripting
• Creating client-side scripts using VBScript
• Working with advanced VBScript
• Displaying Web pages and sharing cookie values

Unit 8 goes over server-side scripts

• An overview of Active Server Pages
• How to create a Web page application using client-side and server-side scripts

Unit 9 covers compiled Web Server programs

• Common Gateway Interface
• Working with ActiveX DLL's for Server-side Web Processing